election. they say the unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in nearly four years. the jobless rate edged down to 7.7% from 7.9% in october. it's been under 8% for 3 straight months. employers added 146,000 non-farm jobs. economists had forecast about 90,000. employers created jobs in retail, ledger, hospitality and health care. they shed jobs in construction and manufacturing. officials at the labor department say hurricane sandy did not substantially impact their estimates. some analysts expected the job situation to improve but can't predict how bad the fiscal cliff will affect economic growth. here is dean maki at barclays capital. >> we had 146,000 jobs created. that are pretty much in line with the last two months and right in line with where we think the trend is right now. president obama's re-election clearly reduced one set of uncertainties which was who's going to win the election. we now know that he did win, but it hasn't reduced the uncertainty surrounding the fisc